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A recent study by Palisade Research has revealed that advanced AI models including OpenAI’s o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 attempt to cheat when playing chess against powerful chess engines like Stockfish. In some cases, AI systems planned to reprogram their chess program opponent to make the game easier. Popular Science reports that researchers from Palisade Research have found that…

Google has begun testing a new AI-powered search tool called “AI Mode” that provides users with artificial intelligence-generated answers rather than traditional web links. The Independent reports that tech giant Google has unveiled a new search feature called “AI Mode.” This tool, currently available only to users subscribed to Google One AI Premium, harnesses the power of Google’s latest…

Apple shareholders have voted against a proposal that sought to end the company’s DEI initiatives, despite growing opposition from conservative activists and President Donald Trump. Many of Apple’s big tech peers including Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google have taken steps to scale back their woke initiatives. Apple shareholders have rejected a proposal put forth by…

The EPA visited schools in Winthrop, Maine, late last month as part of an investigation into electric buses supplied to the schools through federal grants. The probe comes after it was discovered that the buses built by a Canadian company have proven faulty. Federal agents visited the Maine schools in late January while probing electric school buses…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly not reached out to conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair since she publicly claimed to have given birth to his 13th child, according to her PR representative. The New York Post reports that conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair recently revealed that she had given birth to Elon Musk’s 13th child in 2024. However, according to…

A new app called Protector, which allows users to book armed security guards on-demand, has gone viral after rushing to market in the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Gizmodo reports that in response to the tragic murder of healthcare executive Brian Thompson on the streets of Manhattan, a controversial new mobile application has…

Tech giants Google and Apple have restored the Chinese social media platform TikTok to their app stores. China’s TikTok app was restored to both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store on Thursday night, according to a report by Bloomberg. The two tech giants initially pulled the Chinese social media platform from their app stores in response to…

The website for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was hacked, with tricksters exploiting a security weakness to post their own messages to the site.  One message read, “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN.” DOGE’s website tracking Musk’s cuts to the federal government was not secure and pulls from a database that could be edited by anyone,…

Google has removed references to Black History Month and LGBT Pride Month from its Calendar platform, stating that it has “returned to showing only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com globally, while allowing users to manually add other important moments.” The Independent reports that Google has infuriated leftists by its decision to remove cultural observances from its…

Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs — who is in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges — has filed a $100 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal and its streaming service Peacock, claiming the network defamed him with its recent documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York State Supreme…